This USB key is powered by SandForce

It's a stuck in a small body USB 3.0 SSD.June 15, Super Talent began to ship a device that looks like a standard USB stick to the outside, but it is really an SSD inside a SandForce SF-1222 controller and four devices NAND (8 channels). Called the Express USB 3.0 TC8, the new external storage device includes a multi-channel advance SSD caching system virtual architecture and advanced wear auditing algorithm - all packed with a key USB form factor.The...

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OCZ adds IOPS line of SSD of Vertex 3 Edition

New 128 GB Vertex 3 edition of the OCZ SSD IOPS Max has a 4 KB of 75,000 IOPS random write performance.OCZ Tuesday said added to solid state drives Max IOPS Edition to its Vertex current 3 line. Arriving in two titles, players combine controller SF-2200 of the SandForce with "prime" MLC NAND flash components to produce a 4 KB IOPS random write performance up to 75,000."After the successful launch of our solid state Vertex 3 SATA III 6 GB/S drives,...

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Samsung Intros 2-platter 1TB HDD for notebooks

New 2.5 inch Samsung of the, 1 TB HDD for notebooks has two trays of 500 GB each.Wednesday evening, Samsung revealed its new 2.5 inch Spinpoint M8 internal HDD for notebooks which consists of two 500 GB drives for a total of 1 TB of storage space. Previous 1 TB Spinpoint MT2 5200RPM disc released in July 2010 features three plateaus at each 333 GB.According to Samsung, the high density was obtained by using the advanced technology (rear) that triggers...

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SanDisk SSD purchase Developer complacent Tech

SanDisk acquires enterprise developer SSD technology complacent 327 million.Generally when SanDisk comes to mind, this generally means a memory or USB storage card. Most consumers are not aware that SanDisk offers a few readers of the solid state, with 60 GB and the other with 120 GB. Sector business has an even wider variety, by adding the P4 with various ways to interface, including SATA, micro SATA, mSATA, LIF and BGA and line DSSI integrated...

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Seagate to control 40 percent of the market of the hard disk

Research firm estimates that about 652.4 million hard disks were shipped last year. Seagate shipped approximately 195,2 million units and Samsung approximately $ 66.0 million. Seagate will not be able to bridge the gap to WD now, as his rival has recently acquired Hitachi's Global storage and shipped 203.7 and 115.8 million units, leading to a market share of 50%.The only other player left on the market is Toshiba/Fujitsu, shipped 71.7 million units,...

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Kingston revealed its first SSD based on the SandForce

Kingston HyperX will use the SandForce SF-2281 controller for sequential reading speeds that can reach 525 MB/s.This week at the Computex, Kingston has revealed its first 2.5-inch SSD using a controller of SandForce targeting enthusiasts, gamers and users of performance. Dubbed the Kingston HyperX, DSS is based on SandForce SF-2281 controllers and a SATA 6 GB/s interface and next month the ships in capacities of 120 and 240 GB."This launch is very...

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Sales of PC with old user data still Intact of Staples

It is the risk you take the return of the products of some type of storage solution, if its a USB key, laptop, or an Xbox 360.CBC News reported that Staples (Business Depot) in the Canada has violated the right to privacy by wiping not full data of the customers off the coast of laptop computers and storage devices that are returned by customers.According to the report of the Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has carried out an audit on 17 of 300 Staples...

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Sony Vaio Z A external light peak GPU Radeon

The best of both worlds for the replacement of Targus and Office.Sony took the veil on its new high premium notebook of range, the series Vaio Z with some quite interesting expansion options.The Vaio Z is super-travel-loan with a weight of approximately 1.18 kg or 2.6 lbs and a thickness of 16.65 mm or just below 0.66 inch. Despite its small size, it is robust with a composition of carbon fibre.The 13.1-inch screen has a resolution of 1600 x 900...

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Learn on the hard disks in this video

The engineering marvel that is your hard disk.Today we can be all about flash memory solid state for our storage needs, but there is a high chance that the majority of our data still resides on magnetic on disks.In fact, we have relied on hard drives and magnetic genius to store our data for decades. Without storage, our computing experience would be meaningless, as unable to traverse to remember what you had a second life there.Bill hammock, "engineerguy",...

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New OCZ Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD achieves the Record

OCZ has defined a new 1 million 4 K write IOPS reference this week at the Computex.Tuesday at the Computex, OCZ has alleged that he set a new benchmark for $ 4 K write IOPS 1 million and 1.5 million read IOPS with a server of single International equipped with a Z-Drive R4 88 3U Colfax.Based on a Supermicro platform, this solution of specific server is considered the fastest on the market and this 7.2 storage TB of MLC. The PCIe-based SSD of the...

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OCZ shows agility 3, solid 3 SSDs

OCZ has revealed two new lines of SSDS featuring SandForce SF-2200 processor and a SATA 6 GB/S interface.OCZ Tuesday announced two new lines of DSS caterer for speed enthusiasts looking for the best value for the performance. Called agility 3 and 3 solid, the two new SSD lines use the same MLC NAND Flash while taking advantage of the processor of the SandForce SF-2200 and interface SATA 6 GB/S to provide a super-zippy read and write speeds."With...

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Seagate reveals HDD with 1 TB Platters

Seagate Barracuda XT 3 TB HDD will be the first to use TB 1 trays company.For those who cannot always give with the tried-and-true method in the service of the data on a silver platter, Seagate has revealed a new flagship for 3.5 inch hard disk with a density of 625 Gigabits per inch square with trays of 1 TB. The reader, planned as the "first world" for the average consumer, will be added to the line of the GoFlex Desk company during the mid-2011...

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Patriot, Super Talent SSDs with SF-2200 launch

Patriot memory and Super Talent launched new SSDs with SF-2200 of the SandForce controller.Monday, Patriot memory has stated that he now shipping the new series of forest fires SSDs featuring SandForce SF-2200 Controller. This gives the new line of 555 MB/s sequential read and up to 520 MB/s sequential write speeds when connected to a SATA 6 GB/s interface."Fire Patriot the fastest SSD drive, we've ever published," said William Lai, the Patriot...

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LaCie CloudBox stores data locally & in the cloud

Here is a hybrid device 100 GB that will store your files locally and in the cloud... for a fee, naturally.Earlier this week, the LaCie revealed a hybrid network storage device that backs up data locally and the cloud. Called the CloudBox, he transfers to the departure of 100 GB of data on a (long) long period of time. After that, new and modified files are backed up on a daily basis."Just copy and paste your files to your CloudBox, and they will...

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NVIDIA launches GeForce GTX 580 M, 570 M

NVIDIA has announced the launch of its new GPU high range for computers laptops, GeForce GTX 570 M and 580 M to replace the GTX 470 M and 485 M. These new graphics cards are based on GPU GF114 (used for the GeForce GTX 560, see this news).The GTX 580 M is almost identical to the old 485 M except that the GPU frequency going from 575 to 620 MHz and that frequency of calculation units increased from between 1150 and 1240 MHz. Performance should increase...

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Logitech launches the G400, successor of the MX518

  Logitech has just officially announced a new mouse for gamers, theoptical gaming Mouse g400.This new mouse guard what has been the success of the GX518 for 6 years: the shape of the hull and the location of the buttons do not change. On the other hand, the optical sensor now offers a resolution doubled with a maximum resolution of 3600 dpi, the cable is also changed: it is fine and would be 25% lighter. The mouse of course always connects...

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and 275 drivers

After the GeForce GTX 560 it in January, Nvidia announced the launch of a new model, the GeForce GTX 560 (without suffix it).This GeForce GTX 560 can in fact be seen as a GeForce GTX 460 overclockée as it is based on the GPU GF114, a minor revision of the GF104. Like the GTX 460 card has 336 processors flows and a 256-bit with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory bus. Are frequency of 810 MHz for the GPU and 1002 MHz for the memory against 675/800 Mhz for the...

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AMD Catalyst 11.6

amd catalyst 11.6 graphics drivers for the month of June are to be published.These drivers are especially dedicated to the (CPU + GPU on the same chip) Llano APU which emerge in July, they implement including the Steady Video feature to stabilize the video in real time (filmed with a digital camera for example). Unfortunately this feature is reserved only for the APU and is not available for the PC with a Radeon graphics card. 11.6 Catalyst also...

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TDJ : CM Storm Sentinel Zero-G

Our colleague Cowcotland has recently published a test of the Zero-G the CM Storm, a wired USB mouse for players constructor Sentinel.Equipped with a "double-laser" a resolution of 5600 DPI sensor, this mouse do 128 KB of memory and has 8 programmable buttons. A flyweight spring system also allows to vary the weight of the Sentinel Zero-G. Verdict?"Today, it is outdated to CM Storm." This branch of Cooler Master is now well known. It is, in fact,...

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PLS : les dalles « IPS » by Samsung

Samsung has announced a new screen, the S27A850. This 27 inch model works in 2,560 x 1,440, such as the Dell U2711 or iMac 27-inch Apple, but especially to a "new" technology, the PLS.PLS, Plane to Line Switching, is a close technology IPS but - Samsung-, angles of view are still wider and the price is about 10% lower production. The technology therefore joined the SDI close the IPS technology. The PLS seems to have the same benefits as the IPS,...

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Hybrid mice, laser and optical, in Razer

Razer has announced two new versions for the Mamba and the Imperator. The two mice share an interesting innovation: a dual sensor. Proposed for about 10 euros more than current models, mice reach a resolution of 6 400 dpi optical sensor level and a second laser sensor will allow to define precisely the point: the distance between the mouse and the carpet.Information that is not trivial: players making large gestures must frequently lift the mouse...

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A screen 3D "playstation" for players

Sony has presented the CECH-ZED1, a screen "PlayStation". Scheduled for fall 2011 at a price of $500, this 24-inch screen is dedicated to the Sony console.Sony limited the diagonal, but offers interesting: he works in 1,920 x 1,080 with PVA slab - like in many of TVs Sony - and a contrast of 5000: 1. The angles of view are very large (normal in PVA) with 176 ° in each direction and the response time is 4 ms. For lighting, it is a "edge led" system...

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The keyboard of the hacker back, quieter

The "Happy Hacking Keybard", one of the best keyboards of the world, returned. This mechanical keyboard, very old school design, is best known for one of its variants: the keys are not silkscreened and therefore are blank of any entry. The new model, the Type-S, is faster, with more stable and quieter, keys with materials provided that the sound of typing is between 2,500 and 5,000 Hz, which allows to reduce the noise.Available without registration,...

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Sony offers a PS3 keyboard with... a trackpoint

Sony has just announced a Bluetooth keyboard for PlayStation 3 and - originality of the product - it integrates a pointing device. And Sony, instead of proposing a trackpad as in its old keyboards, joined a rare system: a trackpoint. This device used in the computers IBM (now Lenovo) over the years is quite rare now, but it has a (large) advantage: it is compact.For those who don't know what a trackpoint, it is a kind of miniature joystick integrated...

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Optimus Mini Six: the pad with 6 keys LCD

Art Lebedev has indicated that the Optimus Mini Six, a pad containing six keys LCD, entered in the production phase. It should come out at the end of the year. He also indicated that the Optimus Popularis, a full keyboard LCD keys, is now scheduled for 2012.Optimus is a history. The Optimus Maximus, long considered one of the biggest vaporwares with Duke Nukem Forever (cf. "the OLED Optimus Maximus keyboard: vaporware 2007?") is also one of the...

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DisplayPort: screen to 33 metres

The VESA association, which manages the DisplayPort standard, has just announced that the 1.2 standard (already used in some units) was able to operate with "active" cables and that the length of the latter can reach 33 metres. Currently, it is limited at best 15 metres with current solutions.Assets, liabilities, linksDisplayPort, one must distinguish between several things. First, the current cables are so-called "passive", that the flow is generated...

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A new TouchPad of HP for the month of August

HP is about to launch a new tablet to August, while it has marketed the first version only a few days ago in the United States. The new model will wear a bright white frame, 64 GB of storage space and a Snapdragon processor dual core faster turning at 1.5 GHz. The model of today has an ARM chip dual-core 1.2 GHz and 16 GB or 32 GB of memory, depending on the adaptations. The new model will be also compatible 4 G.The differences are not very important....

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Mitsubishi : IPS, 120 Hz, 1080p

Mitsubishi, little-known for its screens, just announced RDT233WX-Z, a screen perfect for fans of 3D embossed and those who want to reactive models. This 23-inch 1080p (95 DPI) screen works to 120 Hz, with (as a bonus) a LED backlight. The slab used IPS technology and response time announced is 5 Ms.For the rest, it is fairly conventional: angles of vision open (thank you the IPS), 350 cd/m² brightness and 900: 1 contrast (5 000: 1 dynamic). There...

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A signed Microsoft Tablet?

Microsoft would consider market a tablet in his name by the end of 2012. She expected Windows 8 and would be designed in partnership with Texas Instrument, and Taiwanese OEMs. DigiTimes, who reported these rumors, cited sources close to the record. Redmond is refused to any comment.It is information which is likely. Market shelves is one of the segments that allowed Apple to become the largest OEM semiconductor spending. In recent years, Microsoft...

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Synology: a NAS 12 bays for business

Want a sin offering (very) large storage capacity? Synology is here, with a model capable of 12 HDDs (currently 36 To) and expandable to 24 drives. DS2411 + is based on an Intel platform (an Atom dual core 1.8 Ghz) and includes 1 GB of RAM, with the possibility to go to 3 GB.The casing provides two RJ45 jacks work 1 gigabit/s and - good idea - the aggregation of two harvest is possible. With a single link, the brand announce 104 MB/s to the NAS...

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AMD Llano: and desktop version?

We've already covered in detail the launch of the new Llano of AMD architecture. If you have not yet read dedicated article in the new APU of the caster, and specifically to their declination for laptops, the Sabine platform, we cannot advise too you to take a glance before continuing.Two weeks after products for laptops, AMD now launches its Llano APU for desktop, i.e. platform Lynx. View our previous article, we will primarily devote today record...

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990FX (AM3 +): the renewal of the SLI and AMD?

As a general rule, articles devoted to motherboards and chipsets closely accompanied the release of new processors. However, AMD book us today chipset, the 990FX, but no new chip to be launched on the market. We have good news and bad news.The good news is that this new chipset remains fully compatible with the existing processors for socket AM3, as well as to support future processors for socket AM3 +, which will be based on Bulldozer architecture.the...

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The true cost of the graphics cards top of range

We test lot of graphics cards, but this time, we wanted a less conventional than usual approach and measure the power consumption of these devices between the time where we switch the computer, for example to read his mails or to play, and where we extinguish it.It seemed in fact that extrapolations and estimates that everyone is usually at the start of the consumption minimum and maximum figures did not sufficiently reflect reality. Today, we therefore...

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5 mechanical keyboards: the happiness for your hands

Although the choice of a keyboard is especially important, it is a device that is too often overlooked. We take for example more carefully choose a mouse.This article is dedicated to mechanical keyboards, we will begin by to review 6 the most common switches, as well as the use for which they are mainly intended. Before attacking the comparison itself, it seemed necessary to clarify a few points:What are the different types of switches? USB or PS/2:...

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OCZ RevoDrive 3: the ultimate SSD?

SSDS are both a break with the past and a category of products evolving. For users accustomed to performance today all relating to conventional hard drives, it is often unnecessary to look far to find considerably better: the simple DSS interfaced in SATA are often capable of speeds exceeding 3 GB/s. In this range, it would be difficult not to recommend the last models Crucial and OCZ and more particularly the OCZ Vertex 3.Always in the field of...

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A Texas-based Dell Tablet

Everything is bigger in Texas, even babies. The last offspring of Dell, Texas manufacturer, is "the most powerful tablet of the market." She responded on behalf of code Peju. According to internal documents that are found on Dell Peju Insider, he wants to get a compatible model Windows 8 of 10.1 inches shipping a Core i5 processor and 4 GB of memory.It is true that the features are impressive for a tablet. Is a 64 GB SSD or 120 GB depending on the...

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The HTC Android could be banned after the victory of Apple

Last Friday, the U.S. international trade commission found that the HTC smartphones violated two patents for Apple on multimedia content processing and treatment of information from an email. Florian Mueller, an analyst for the FOSS Patents blog believes that these two technologies take root in the operating system of Google and not from HTC codes, which could be very damaging to the editor. Manufacturer of course appealed this decision and a special...

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The end of Windows XP in 1 000 days

About 1 000 days (995 today), Windows XP will be more supported by Microsoft. The venerable OS, released in October 2001, should have its time in 2011, but yet, it is still used on 45% of computers connected to the Internet. And on April 8, 2014, which is the (announced) date of his death.The reasons are multiple, between a Vista arrived very late to succeed him and who has not satisfied and maintained by Microsoft on netbooks to 2010, yet the system...

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